There are a lot of things that make the Super Smash Bros series great. The gameplay is tight, the visuals are solid, the attention to detail is excellent, but just as important is the music. From original tracks to classic ones, the series always makes sure that all franchises represented in the game are shown not just via the characters, but via their music. Super Smash Bros Ultimate is no different, as the game is set to have over 800 battle tracks, and it could be more before the game’s launch.
You might think that this would be one of the easiest things to get for a fighting game like Super Smash Bros Ultimate, but as Masahiro Sakurai revealed in his latest article in Famitsu, it’s not the case:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has around 800 tracks that play during battles, and approximately 900 tracks in total. Given that the game is still under development, that number may possibly change; even still, though, that number isn’t anything to scoff at! And with the returning “My Music” feature, you can enjoy a variety of songs on any given stage at your leisure. The number of songs varies on a series-by-series basis, and often suits the given title.”
Every time we use a song from a guest series we have to shell out a lot of money for the right to use that song. It’d be difficult to acquire the rights to every song from every game, so – as we were only able to record a few songs for them – some titles might feel a bit underrepresented. Given those limitations, though, I feel like we’re doing our best with what we have for this Smash Bros. When it comes down to it, the amount of trouble we have to go through to acquire all those rights is dozens of times harder than would be in a typical game.
So when you hear the tracks in Ultimate, make sure to appreciate that you got to hear them at all.
